Verner von Heidenstam
1859 – 1940 · aged 81
Swedish writer (1859–1940)
- Born
- 6 Jul 1859 · Olshammar
- Died
- 20 May 1940 · Övralid
Life timeline
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- 6 Jul 1859BornBorn in Olshammar
- 1912 – 1940RoleSeat 8 of the Swedish Academy
- 1916AwardNobel Prize in Literature
- 1916AwardSamfundet De Nio's Grand Prize
- 20 May 1940DiedDied in Övralid
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1859 – 1940).
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
- 1898Spanish–American War
- 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
- 1914 – 1918World War I
- 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
- 1917Balfour Declaration
- 1917February Revolution
- 1917October Revolution
- 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
- 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
- 1920Treaty of Versailles
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
Biography
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam (6 July 1859 – 20 May 1940) was a Swedish poet, novelist and laureate of the 1916 Nobel Prize in Literature. He was a member of the Swedish Academy from 1912. His poems and prose work are filled with a great joy of life, sometimes imbued with a love of Swedish history and scenery, particularly its physical aspects.
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